Vessel holder



July 19, 1932. JELINEK 1,867,571].

VESSEL HOLDER Filed April 19, 1930 VEN TOP 12000;. PH J ELINEKL Patented July 19, 1932 i UNITED STATES oer-" ce RUDOLPH J'ELINEK, OI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS vnssnr. HOLDER Application filed April 19, 1930. Serial no. 445,730.

The invention relates to an improvement in of the invention as defined in the appended devices for lifting pans, trays, and the like. claim.

It is an object of the invention to provlde in I claim one article a combined device for lifting trays device of the character described, com- 5 d a b ttl Openen prismg a handle, a blade secured to saidhan- 65 A further object aims at providing a device d and terminating at the upper end in an of the character described, which is of simc d po o to e g ge the lnner s de of a ple construction and yet very efiicient. Y h lower end bea 11ng Plate extendi With these and other equally important obmg at rlght anglesto said blade and formed j t i View, th i ti comprises th with acurved margin to conform to the curva- 60 means described in the following specificature of the Vessel and engaging the same 1111' tion particularly pointed out in the claim p forming a part thereof, and illustrated in In Wltness whereof I aflix $1 naturethe drawing, in which RUDOLPH J LI Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the device con- 65 structed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the device. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the device. Fig. 4 is an end view of the device and w m Fig. 5 is a side view of the device when used as a bottleopener. The device comprises a plate which is curved at its outer end as at 11 to conform to the circumference of a vessel and is provided with a downwardly and outwardly extending flange 12 to afford a comparatively large contact area with the vessel.

The plate has an elongated opening 13 which recedes at one side to provide a short straight ed e 14 for a purpose hereinafter referred to. fntegral with the plate'and at right angles thereto extends a shank 15 which terminates in a hook 16 adapted to encompass the upper beaded edge of the vessel. A handle 1 1s riveted or otherwise secured to the shank. The use of the device as a vessel holder is obvious and requires no description. To remove bottles, the handle is inclined and the to plate placed in angular position so that the 90 cap of the bottle is partly received in the opening 13, and the edge 14 engaged with the lower edge of the cap. The handle is then lifted with the plate end fulcrumed on the .5 cap and the latter lifted off the bottle.

While the drawing shows a preferred embodiment of the invention, numerous changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention, and such changes are 00 a included which fairly fall within the purview 

